How to Add New Genealogy Search Sites to Family Tree Maker

Family Tree Maker software is a popular program for building and maintaining family trees. It contains a lot of powerful features including it's search capability.   Family Tree Maker (FTM) will let you search the internet for records and other information without leaving the program. By default, FTM will search Ancestry.com, RootsWeb General Search and Genealogy.com. But the cool thing is that you can add more genealogy sites for FTM to search (like FamilySearch.org). This is a really nice feature as it allows you to search all of your favorite sites while working within Family Tree Maker.  For step by step instructions on...

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Searching for Obituaries

Searching for obituaries can be challenging and there are several ways to go about it.  The first step is to search the local newspaper of where the person died.  Of course, if you live in another state, this can be difficult. One way around this is to search the newspaper's web site for old obituaries. Some states have an online newspaper website where they are have links to old newspapers from around the state.  A search in Google will help determine if the state your relative died in has a newspaper project site.  Another option is to check the genealogical society in that state.  Many states have a genealogy web...

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